Is that all you have to worry about? Nope, probably not, but bit is the subject the op was asking opinions on.

[HoneyDragon]

Why do it? Why?

If all you can post is does it matter?

Who cares?

Is that all you have to worry about?

Then don't, particularly if that's ALL you are capable of posting ever. Do people who post this on forums expect a response to these statements? If so why?

I get people can post what they want and it's a free world and all, but honestly, just because you've read the opening post does not mean a response of some kind is required.

You don't have to type.

Stop it. Please. I beg of you in a prostrate pleading type way. Just for a little while. Please?

(And if one of you funny fuckers posts Is that all you have to worry about ? I will hunt you down and shit in your slippers )

*it

I previewed the fucking title too

I know - you wonder why some people bother. Even worse are the posters who reply, "yawn".

Agree. Very sneery imo

Snore.

It used to be an occasional thing but now it's like there's a competition to see who can get it in first.

I don't like it

I agree. Some people will have small problems. Our lives are made up of big and small ones mainly, you can lose someone close to you and that doesn't mean you can't feel annoyed that someone was rude to your DC or has loud music when you're trying to sleep. It's a lot easier to focus on smaller problems than big ones too.

I do think the expression has it's place btw, and can be used with good intent.

But not when it's immediately trotted out when someone's posted a perfectly reasonable thing to want others opinions on.

I agree. It is spiteful.
there is no need for it. It may or may not be the only thing the op has to think about, we have no idea. But this is a fucking chat forum not the bloody un or a therapists office of a priests confessional and I think people have the right to choose what they want to talk or ask about without some snide arse deciding it isnt worthy.

Not posting on someone's thread is in fact an option, if what they are posting about is beneath you, theres no need to be a cow.

thankfully, it doesnt appear to be said that much any more (or maybe im missing it) so perhaps the message that it is needlessly snide is getting through.

plus I think most mners are basically decent people who get no particular satisfaction from being unpleasant.

YANBU

It's almost as annoying as the self appointed prefects who ask, "Why is this in AIBU? What is your AIBU question?"

Oh that reminds me OP. Why exactly is this in AIBU?

There's a war in Iraq and starving children in Africa, and you're worried about thread etiquette?

Oh. Don't fancy having shit in my slippers, although you'd have to come a very fucking long way to do it! so I won't be "funny" then.

Seriously though, I completely agree with you. It annoys the crap out of me when someone does that, almost as much as the "you should be lucky you still have a MIL/mother/father/whomever is winding the OP up, I'd give anything for mine to still be around". Grrr

Oh god, yeah - the thread police boil my piss.

And if you can't think of anything useful to add, why bother?

you should be lucky you still have a MIL/mother/father/whomever is winding the OP up, I'd give anything for mine to still be around

Ha! Yes. Also, we all know that when said dead person was alive that they were irritated by them from time to time.

It is fascinating and something I have seen time and time again how a concern about what sounds like a relatively minor issue reveals so much more about major issues within relationships.

There's always more to it.

God is this all you have to worry about...

I don't wear slippers, but I do need a sticks out tongue smiley!

Fuck it people say twatty things on thread all the time.

The reason the thread police piss me off is because they insist on telling someone off for 'posting in the wrong place', but then continue to post on the thread themselves.

If you're going to be arsey about it, at least stick to your own principles instead of chatting on the thread that's apparently in the wrong place.

Can't believe this is all you've got to worry about on a Bank Holiday.

I think the general tone has veered more towards cruelty. That particular response is quite cruel. There is a world of difference between telling someone, whose humanity you absolutely believe in and care for, that the y are over-reacting (and offering them a reality check) and dismissing something that is causing them pain - whilst simultaneously trying to grab a kind of moral highground (and halo) whilst giving them a kicking.

I wonder why these abusive, sadistic impulses appear? Is it because the person dishing it out is actually having to be Mother Theresa in RL? (I doubt that, actually) Or is it because they feel a real rage about something that just has to find its expression? Or is it because they perceive some kind of privilege in the OP ("that bitch is so lucky if that is all she is worrying about. She's waving her luck and happiness at me. Well, fuck her.") and they feel they are retaliating?

Anyway, I wish it would stop too.

Though, as you say, it has its place as a reality check thing.

Gues it boils down to: Kind hands! (and fingers.)

I totally agree. It is sneery and seems to infer that the OP is living some kind of inferior, small-minded life. One of the whole points of forums like this is being able to ask about anything at all, whether it's the 'big' stuff or the little annoying things.

God, remember when folk used to post 'parp' on threads on here? What did that mean again? Was it along the lines of 'no comment'?

My husband is cooking in the kitchen - which is never pleasant. I'm temporarily hiding out on mn. I'm looking forward to him being back at work tomorrow. (I know that sounds quite randome - but it is a bit of a shame to be on mn on a Bank Holiday, rather than doing something marvellous.)

I don't mind the thread police. I know that it is the existence of AIBU that irks them - and I kind of feel that way too.